UNIT 3: PEOPLE AND PLANET & UNIT 4: MAKING IT HAPPEN

GLOSSARY

FIT: In good physical condition;in good health.

HEALTHY: Having or enjoying good health.

ILL: Sick; unwell; of poor health.

STRONG: Having, showing, or involving great power in the body or muscles; physically vigorous.

UNFIT: Not qualified; incompetent.

WEAK: Lacking in strength or vigor; feeble.
ANNOYED: Be disturb or bother in a way that displeases, troubles, or inrritates.
BROKE: Without money.
MESSY: Dirty, untidy or disorderly.
PLEASED: Having a feeling of pleasure, happiness, or satisfaction.
RICH: Having a great amount of something.
TIDY: Clearly organized.

LISTENING

• Robot car__👍

• We'll all live longer__👍

• If we all eat insects, ... __👍

• Kit's travels__👍

• A teenage inventor__👍

• Exam__👎

READING

• Future humans__👍

• Predictions for 2050__👍

• Insects and algae__👍

• Tomorrow's scientists__👍

• Help us save our planet__👍

• The farm's of the future__👍

• Exam__👍

SPEAKING

• With Michael__👍

• Practical English__👍

WRITTING

• About enviroment problem__👍

• Exam__👍

TRANSLATION

• Exam__👎

PROJECTS

• Charles Dickens__👍

• Wish you were here__👍

AREAS I NEED TO WORK

• Traduction

THINGS THAT I WORK

• 1st Conditional

• Will / Will not (Won't)

• 2nd Conditional

• Be going to

CULTURE

• Global Warming

WISH YOU WERE HERE

2) Watch to the song in Youtube. Analyza the remarkable aspects of the song (style, history, use of English, and so on).

Wish you were here is an England song, the most famous musicians who played this song is Pink Floyd, it is a progresive rock song. This song borns with the melancholy of a musicians' lost friend.

3) Do some research (but not in depth) on the song, about some of the song, about Pink Floyd, etc.

Pink Floyd is a group of musicians who started playing progresive rock in London the 1965, they are a group of frirnds too. They have many famous songs like "Wish you were here".

6) Write down a new first stanza in order to fit in with the musical structure. Each teacher (English and Music) will evaluate their corresponding items.

1)

So, so you think he can save

My heart from a fiend

Your child from a death

Can he help his girlfriend

From a cold or a fall?

A yonquie from drugs?

Do you think he can save?

CHARLES DICKENS

He was born in Portsmouth, in the UK, the 7th February 1812. He was an importan Britain writter. In 1822, he went to London with his family and two years later, his father was imprisoned and he started to work on a shoes factory. He started journalist but , little by little, he started to live from his texts. He death in Highman, in the UK, because of a cardeovascular accident, the 9th June 1870

His parents were: John Dickens (a member of the House of Commons) and Elizabeth Dickens. So Charles was a member of middle class.

In this time, England had much of poor people and the rich don't were interested about it, they wanted more money, Dickens talk about this inequality in his novels and tails.

These are some books and novels by Charles Dickens:

• Oliver Twist 
• David Copperfield 
• Martin Chuzzlewit 
• Barnaby Rudge
• Sketches by Boz
• American notes

SELF-ASSESSMENT (FIRST TERM)

1. Now I know better the different music tipes. Now I can read the staffs better, so I can know better music vocabulary. And now I sing better than before start 2nd ESO.
2. I like more practical clases than theoric ones.
3. I think I do better practise than theory but I have many things to learn in this year.
4. I usually make mistakes in music dictations but I think at the end of the course I will have it learn.
5. I need help in the duration of crochets on differents tipes of music.
6. I only do English at school and I'm learning to play the guitar with my mum help.
7. I have to improve all of music contents because is a difficult art for me.
8. I learn about the music history and I match it with human history. I learn some famous songs like 'Moorning Mood','Scarborough fair' or 'Wish you were here'.
9. In 6th of primary I don't had any interest of music clases and music history, but this course I begin with Marcos and I think the way of work in class made more interesting the class for me. I think Marcos knows well music concepts because he splain and he answer well our answers.

'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' BY CHARLES DICKENS: GLOSSARY

SCENE 1

• Christmas Eve: The evening or the whole day before Christmas Day.
• Clerk: A person employed to keep records or perform general tasks in an office, etc.
• Nephew: A son of one's brother or sister.
• Waste: To use up or spend to no profit; squander.
• Kind: Of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person.
• Partner: One who is associated with another; an associate.
• Dead: No longer living.

SCENE 2

• Suddenly: Happening, coming, made, or done quickly or unexpectedly.
• Knocker: A hinged knob, bar, etc., on a door, to use for knocking.
• Meal: Food served and eaten at one time.
• Bell: A hollow metal instrument shaped like a cup that produces a ringing sound when struck.
• Swing: To move (the hand or something held) with a movement back and forth, forward and backward, or round and round.
• Loudly: Marked by high volume of sound.
• Frightened: Scared.
• Chains: A series of metal rings passing through one another, used for hauling, for supporting, or as decoration.
• Believe: To have faith in the truth of.
• Late: Occurring after the usual or proper time.
• Tremble: To shake with short, quick movements, as from fear or cold; quake.
• Striking: Noticeable; conspicuous.

SCENE 3

• Robe: A long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
• Bright: Giving off or reflecting light.
• Above: In, at, or to a higher place, position, or rank.
• Alone: Separate, apart; by oneself.
• Bring: To carry or cause (someone or something) to come toward the speaker; convey.
• Kind: Having a good nature or way of behaving; compassionate.

SCENE 4

• Warehouse: A building for the storage of goods or merchandise.
• Apprentice: A person who works for another in order to learn a trade.
• Wife: A woman joined in marriage to a man.
• Guest: A person who spends some time at another's home in a social activity, as a visit or party.
• Tormenting: To cause (someone) to feel severe suffering.

SCENE 5

• Husband: A married man.
• Alone: Separate, apart. 
• Dying: About to die.
• Nightcap: A cap of the head, intended to be warm in the bed. 

SCENE 6

• Lies: To be in a horizontal or flat position, as on a bed or the ground; recline (often fol. by down).
• Turkey: The flesh of this bird used as food.

SCENE 7

• Bless: To ask for God's divine favor upon or for.
• Crutch: A staff or support to assist a person in walking, usually having a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit.
• Let's drink to: To show one's good wishes by swallowing some wine or other drink.

SCENE 8

• Patience: The ability to control one's feelings in spite of misfortune or pain, without complaining.
• Debt: An obligation to pay or perform something.